An updating list of trades at the NBA Trade Deadline. Posted by EOB staff.Clippers trade Baron Davis and 1st round pick (unprotected) to Cleveland for Mo Williams and Jamario MoonLos Angeles receives: Mo Williams, Jamario MoonCleveland receives: Baron Davis, unprotected 2011 first round draft pickAnalysis: It's at its heart a swap of overpaid, unpopular point guards. Byron Scott and Baron Davis had issues with one another at the end of Davis' time in New Orleans as Scott was taking over the team, so that will be something to watch. The Cavs' biggest pull from this is the first-round pick, which even in a thin draft, they desperately need as they continue to purge everything left over from the LeBron era. Meanwhile, the Clippers get a younger point guard with better scoring ability, but who doesn't pass as well, and some depth with an expiring $3 million on the wing with Moon. Moon could clear the way for another deal involving Ryan Gomes, if the Clippers decide to get frisky before the deadline. The Clippers continue to peel off moneyf for 2012 to either add free agents or re-sign theirs to long extensions. For more analysis, check out our reaction post.

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin makes his NBA debut in spectacular fashion, with back-to-back first-quarter dunks. Posted by Ben Golliver.
Looks like Washington Wizards point guard John Wall will have some competition in the Rookie of the Year human highlight department. Check out Los Angeles Clippers power forward Blake Griffin's first-quarter reign of terror during his NBA debut against the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.
In the game's first five minutes, Griffin threw down two monster dunks, one with each hand.
First, a right-handed catch and finish on an alley-oop pass from Clipper guard Randy Foye.
Soon after, Griffin effortlessly completed an acrobatic left-handed put back, following a missed 3-pointer by Clipper wing Ryan Gomes.
Heads up, NBA bigs. Put a body on this Blake Griffin guy at all times. He's a threat to dunk, whenever and wherever.

Posted by Royce YoungComing in to last season, there were higher hopes than usual for the Clippers. Top pick Blake Griffin was on the squad and Baron Davis had supposedly gotten in shape and was eager to play. But then Griffin was injured, missed the whole year and Davis stopped caring in January. But this year, they get a do-over. They're next in our Preseason Primer series. Training camp site: Los Angeles, CA

Player to watch: Blake Griffin. Remember him? Yeah, this guy? Supposedly, he's back to his old, dunk-on-your-face self. With a full season already under his belt in which he didn't play, you can bet he's hungry. Griffin is a tremendous talent that's been compared to players like Karl Malone and Carlos Boozer. He's going to be ready and he's going to be a monster.

Injury watch: Well, I guess this is going to be pretty much the same as "Player to watch."

Camp battles: The Clippers' roster is pretty close to completely set, but if there's one interesting battle to watch it's at small forward. The Clips took Al Farouq-Aminu in the lottery and plan for him to be a small forward scorer. They also signed Ryan Gomes in the offseason. Aminu could potentially beat out Gomes for the starting spot, especially because the Clippers have an eye toward the future right now. More than likely Gomes has the job, but if you're looking for a position competition to watch, that's the one.

Biggest strength: Starting five. On paper, as Rodney Stuckey would say, it doesn't look that bad. Baron Davis, Eric Gordon (who was fantastic in Turkey), Gomes/Aminu, Griffin and All-Star Chris Kaman. That's a pretty quality unit right there. They probably lack that go-to scorer, but there's enough divvied up among Davis, Kaman, Gordon and Griffin that the Clips should be able to put the ball in the basket.

Glaring weakness: Defense, experience and depth. Last season, the Clippers ranked near the bottom of the league in defensive efficiency (22nd). (They actually ranked lower in offensive efficiency, but I'm banking on that improving with Griffin.) Baron Davis has never been a great defender and Kaman is a score-first center.

They're extremely young with Griffin, Gordon, Aminu, backup point guard Eric Bledsoe and DeAndre Jordan. So this group is youthful.

As for depth, DeAndre Jordan is their backup 5 at this moment. So yeah, that's not good. And there's no one behind him. If Kaman gets in foul trouble of has an injury, DeAndre Jordan is seeing big time minutes. Again, not good.

Darren Rovell of Sports Biz reports that part of the Nets' offer for LeBron James is a clothing line via Jay-Z . These are the kind of advantages teams have to pull out. There's so much more going on here than just money and a good core of players, though those things are up-front the most important.

Via Wizards blog Bullets Forever , Yahoo! Sports reports that Washington is looking to fill that whole at small forward quickly . They've already spoken to both of their expired small forwards (Mike Miller, Josh Howard) and are looking at Ryan Gomes, Travis Outlaw, Rasual Butler and even Josh Childress who is still in Greece. With the acquisition of Kirk Hinrich, the Wizards have to be thinking on the cheap with this contract, and likely won't want to commit to anything long-term. Then again, they traded for Kirk Hinrich and Yi Jianlian, so there's no telling what they're going to do next.